Man pleads guilty to scamming online car buyers

4:19 AM,
Nov. 17, 2012

Written by

Kylie Kolz
| The Tennessean

A Hungarian man pleaded guilty to a $550,000 conspiracy bank fraud and wire fraud case in federal court in Nashville on Thursday, four months after his arrest.

Aleksandar Kunkin, 40, was accused of deriving illicit money from an international online marketplace fraud scheme that involved vehicles listed for sale on online marketplaces such as eBay. Once potential buyers showed interest in the vehicles, co-conspirators would send emails to the buyers that directed them to make wire payments into bank accounts.

Thirty-six individuals sent $550,102.50 to accounts opened by Kunkin and an ...